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The Iraqi refugee disaster.(Report)
Some 30 years ago, a massive wave of refugees followed another U.S. military intervention overseas. Between the fall of Cambodia to Khmer Rouge insurgents and the subsequent collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975-79, 230,000 people fled those countries. The world moved swiftly, resettling some 170,000, primarily in the United States, France, Canada, and Australia. (1) In 1979, following Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia, the United States doubled its resettlement quota from 7,000 to 14,000 a month. (2) Between August 1975 and January 1979, Washington provided 52 percent of the budget of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), compared to the ...
- Latest Figures on Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Humanitarian Aid.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 4, 2008 700+ words
...State: Latest Figures on Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Humanitarian...2007 until today). The United States has been the largest contributor...shelter and protection. The United States remains committed to meeting...Iraqis were resettled in the United States as refugees. ...
- Amman churches serve Iraqi refugee children.(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Sudilovsky, Judith April 6, 2007 700+ words
...siblings are part of a group of Iraqi refugee children who regularly come to...two packages of pictures to the United States, he said. At first, said Haddad...where the nuns run a school for Iraqi refugee children. A group of 11 kindergartners...
- New Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 20, 2007 700+ words
...New Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...as the Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues. In this new position...Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and other...
- U.S. Government Reaches Record for Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Humanitarian...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 3, 2008 700+ words
...Government Reaches Record for Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Humanitarian Assistance...arrived for resettlement in the United States, surpassing the target of 12...Assistance to more than 9,000 Iraqi refugee students with books, uniforms...
- Jordan sees no Iraqi refugee influx yet.
- News wire article from: United Press International March 20, 2003 700+ words
...the Jordanian capital, Amman, said Thursday there was no Iraqi refugee movement toward the countries bordering Iraq, but they confirmed...of the $60 million, $15 million of which was from the United States. Meanwhile, representatives from the World Food Program...
- Part 2; Briefing on Developments in the Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Assistance...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 15, 2008 700+ words
...Department of State: Part 2; Briefing on Developments in the Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Assistance Programs(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...of people processed in Baghdad to be resettled here in the United States, of the 12,200 total so far, what - about a third or...
- International Rescue Committee urges donor nations to respond to Iraqi refugee...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 17, 2007 700+ words
...International Rescue Committee urges donor nations to respond to Iraqi refugee crisis(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16042007...of refugees allowed to resettle in other countries. The United States bears a special responsibility in this regard, but the IRC...
- Iraqi refugee becomes citizen: 24-year-old fled regime, returned as U.S....
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) January 24, 2007 700+ words
...away to Jordan and became a refugee." He arrived in the United States in 2001, and settled in Kennewick, where he works in auto...for Refugees. Only 466 Iraqis have been admitted into the United States since the war began in 2003. The UNHCR recently estimated...
